Anders K.
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@patrickc Steven Pinker (@sapinker): "Only rarely do I read a book and feel that I am in the presence of true brilliance. I had that feeling throughout the physicist David Deutsch’s exploration of the nature of knowledge, reality, beauty, progress, and culture" https://t.co/iLOXVaAGpp
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The psychologist and popular science author on data graphics, spectacular planet photography and the ambitious comedy of Amy Schumer
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Patrick Collison (@patrickc ): "(...) Go read The Beginning of Infinity, which is really great." [and included as one of few books he considers “particularly great” in his extensive library on https://t.co/nsVMyXSRkN]
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(If you like it, go read "The Beginning of Infinity", which is really great. https://t.co/29pjJ17clE.)
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Lex Fridman (@lexfridman): "One of my favorite books. Endlessly optimistic and inspiring. I highly recommend it."
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Marc Andreesen (@pmarca): “We believe in the words of David Deutsch: “We have a duty to be optimistic. Because the future is open, not predetermined and therefore cannot just be accepted: we are all responsible for what it holds. Thus it is our duty to fight for a better world.”
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Naval Ravikant (@naval): “I would recommend everybody to go read The Beginning of Infinity and The Fabric of Reality. They rewired my brain and made me smarter. That’s my number one reading advice.” https://t.co/W7DrDxyHPo
.@naval’s number one reading advice: “Go read The Beginning of Infinity and The Fabric of Reality [by @DavidDeutschOxf]. They rewired my brain, made me smarter.”
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Sam Altman (@sama): “[David Deutsch’s] books have inspired me more than anything else.” https://t.co/5xuZlmJayS
@DavidDeutschOxf hi, i run openai. up for a chat with me about this? (also, your books have inspired me more than anyone else’s, and i think hold a big clue about how we get from here to agi.)
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The Beginning of Infinity by @DavidDeutschOxf is a singularly life-changing book, also for those that shape our world: Sam Altman, Marc Andreesen, Patrick Collison, Naval, Lex Fridman, Tyler Cowen, etc. They don’t give mere appraisals, but ridiculously strong recommendations –
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No one embodies @DavidDeutschOxf’s maxims, “problems are soluble” and “everything that is not forbidden by the laws of nature is achievable”, like @elonmusk
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Yes, listen to this to understand the prevalent lies, but don’t adhere to it’s version of the truth, which is *almost* equally harmful and false, e.g., that: human outcomes are mostly determined by genes, 90% of people are not rational, consciousness is a driver of physical
Listen to this podcast to understand the greatest lie ever told
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Sure, anything’s possible, but I think it’s hard to read Les Miserables and not come out a better man
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Seek those both strange and serene, draw near, and become one.
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